MSA-15-0033: Meta course synchronisation enrols suspended students as managers for a short period of time

MSA-15-0033: Meta course synchronisation enrols suspended students as managers for a short period of time

by Marina Glancy -
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Description: On large installations, when sync script takes a long time, suspended students may get assigned a manager role in meta course for several minutes
Issue summary: Meta course sync enroling suspended students as managers and causing large database growth
Severity/Risk: Minor
Versions affected: 2.9 to 2.9.1, 2.8 to 2.8.7, 2.7 to 2.7.9 and earlier unsupported versions
Versions fixed: 2.9.2, 2.8.8 and 2.7.10
Reported by: Brian Winstead
Issue no.: MDL-50744
CVE identifier: CVE-2015-5266
Changes (master): http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moodle.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=MDL-50744